2022 Winter Olympics -- Mikaela Shiffrin out of the giant slalom, U.S. wins historic figure skating medal and more from Beijing

 

The competition Monday at the 2022 Winter Olympics was both heartbreaking and thrilling. Superstar Mikaela Shiffrin skied out in her first race, giant slalom, in a very disappointing start to her Olympics. Defending Olympic champion Red Gerard ended up off the podium in men's snowboard slopestyle, as did his fellow Americans Sean Fitzsimons and Chris Corning.

But in figure skating, the U.S. had its highest finish in the team event in history, with a silver. That, however, was coupled with the news that American Vincent Zhou was withdrawing from competition because of a positive COVID-19 test.